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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Head OF a Rich Christian Family in
China Executed-A General Per
secuiion Feared.
Prince Alexander, the Recently Dsposed
King of BuIgarians, fflicted
With Smallpox.
china.
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS.

LONDON, Feb. 24.-The Times Pekin
correspondent informs that paper that the
head of rich Christian family at Sechuen
has been executed, despite the remon-
strances of the French Minister. The
correspondent says the situation OF
the Christians in the provinces
OF Sechuen and Kwsichow is critical.
The Mandarins are siding against the
Caristians, and the correspondent urges
that the Pope send Iegate to Pekin to
provide for the protection OF Christians
throughout China, and to avoid contiu-
uance OF the present state of affairs,
which the correspondent thinks will drift
into general persecution, massacre and
civil WAY
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SPORTING.
yhe Coming Yatch Rsce--A brutal Prize
Fight.
The Coming Yacht RACE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24,-BettIng is begin
ming TO get lively on the coming great
ocean yacht race between the schooner
yachts COronet and Dauntless, though as
yet II has been confined to yachtsmen. A
CLUB man said las night there was as
much as $500, 900 up On the race already
At the New York Club house the Daunt.
less is the favOrite. Several bets of two
to one on the Dauntless have been made.
Great faith is pinned on Captain Samuels,
the old skipper of the Dauntless, but
friends Of the Coronet remark that Cap
tain Crosby is something of skipper
himself. He has been across the Atlantic
in the Coronet, and knows what she car
do. Another point to the advantage Of
the Coronet is that she is nine feet Longer
than the Dauntless, and this i 8 important
in race ever long swells and high seas
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waco, Hamilton and Brownwcod.

Special to the Gazette.
WACO, Tex, Feb. 24-Hon. T. c.
Pierson and DR.. &. D. Perry, both prom
inent citizens of Hamilton, are in the city
to-day. These two gentlemen came to
Waco to confer with the railroad commit
tee OF fifteen in regard to the Waco, Ham
i!ton and Brentwood Railroad. Nothing
formal il regard to this matter was done,
but the committee were in Mr.. William
Cameron's office this morning, told him
that the citizens of Hamilton had
raised S28,500 for the extension of
the Cotton Belt Road from Gates
vile to Hamilton, but they were not
Instructed to offer this amount TO the
Waco, Hamilton and Brownwood Road,
yet they gave Mr.. Cameron to understand
that they favored it. As soon as the gem
tlemen return to Hamilton meeting of
citizens Will be called ana action taken on
this matter. They do not doubt but what
it can be transferred, and if it is they will
expect something to be done by the Waco
people, so as to give them assurance that
the road will be built from this city to
Hamilton
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Scrip.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The Missouri,
Kansas and Texas income scripholders
met to-day and received g final report OF
the committee which negotiated settle.
ment with Jay Gould. The agreement
was signed by nearly oil present
By the agreement the hold
ers of scrip and coupons are
given until September l in which to sign.
The Kansas and Texas company will have
new bonus ready in about thirty days, and
the option of selling Galveston, Houston
and Henderson bonds must be exercised
before June to be effective.
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ing the country. NJ. de Lesseps secuted
at the idea that the Nicaraguan enter
prise could be used for inter-oceanic tref-
fic, as owing to the endless loss of time
vessels would prefer going round the
Horn. Referring to the Pinams canal he
said the only point of anxiety was the
rocky Cuelbrs, slthough he was firmly
convinced that the contract would soon
be pushed day end night, lighting the
Cuelbrs by means of electric lights. The
directors of the company anticipate thst
the work accomplished in 1887 will be
double thai done in 1886.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
SUBTERRANEAN PARIS.
Ancient Underground Galleries and Elk
tensive Limestone Beds.


tensive Limestone Beds.
A New Orleans Picayuue correspondent
at Paris writes: "This city Is, so tc
speak, an immense mole-hill. Under the
houses, public buildings, churches,
squares and streets of Paris, in all an area
of 20, 900 acres, is vast suOteTraneGn re-
gion, sucn as the sewers and those aban-
doned quarries which are called the Gaia
combs. Most of these subterraDean
galleries are very ancient, and
chose which lie neares; the Seine
were dug either during the Roman Occu-
parcy of saul or during the reigus of the
earlier dynasties of French kings. Fully
third of Parls rests on bed either OF
gypsum or OF limestone, both of which
are valuable building materials, ard it
was in order 10 obtain them that these
subterranean quarries were opened as
soon as the inhabitants of Lutece aban-
dOned their mud huts after the Romans
had taught them how to mix plaster and
cut stone.
"The gypsum deposits are all on the
right bank of the river, at Montmatre
and the Buttes-Chaumont, both of which
hills are heueycombed with galleries
WHICH nave Oh ltle years UttD, lOT Lue
most part, filed up. Twenty years ago
the quarries in Buttes-C haumont, known
as the 'Carrieres d'Amerique,' were still
worked, and meanwhile had acquired local
celebrity as the favorite hiding
place of dangerous criminals end
octroi smugglers. The bluffs on
which Psssy is built, also the Trocsdere
hill, are undermined ~ what were once
extensive limestone quarries. Down to
comparatively recent times it was ex-
clusively from these qusrries and those on
the left bank of the river that came the
stone used for building in Paris land it may
safely be said that sll the old places, public
buildings and churches of the capital are
constructed of stone taken from beneath
the surface of the city. AS the town ex-
tended so, too, did the quarries, and
along about 1774 the government began
to concern itself over the danger pre-
sented by the honeycombed condition of
the ground. commission was ap-
pointed to inspect the abandoned quar-
RES and to take such measures as might
be necessary to keep them from caving
in. The very day the commission en-
tered on its duties gallery passing
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
InyostfChtinE GLAZING

Special to the Gazette.
WEATHERFOGD, Ten, Feb. 24.-Mr.
Chas. Stilz of Philadelphis, special agent
snd attorney for the government, arrived
in this city this morning and will remain
here some time. His mission is to in
vestisste depredations committed by the
Indians in regard to claims made by
numerous persons who suffered from
such depredations in this county. He will
proceed at once to investigate, taking
evidence and dispositions.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25

New York Tribune: When nations dis
port themselve- with exhibitions of their
own destructive energies in the vain hope
of frightening their enemies, it is
safe to conclude that they are
themselves apprehensive of the re-
suits of modern warfare. 1t is a fastastiC
method of whistling to keep up
their own falling courage. Probably the
German and French stats stand in equal
dread of each others ornaments. They
certainly are making strenuous efforts to
advertise their own military resources
with view to creating alarm in foreign
capitals.
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Ireland.
A HUNG JURY.

DUBLIN, Feb, 24.-On the resumption
this morning of the trial of Dillon,
O'Brien, Redmond and others, for con-
nection with the plan of campaign, Judge
Murphy continued his charge to the jury.
He said if the jury believed the traver-
sers had united in agreeing to urge the
people to do what the Indictment alleged
tie traversers acted unlswfuly. After @
short absence from ths courtroom the
jury returned and reported that they
were not able to agree upon a verdict.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
Italy.


ROME, Feb. 24.-Signor Depretis tried
TO form q coalition ministry without the
help of the chiefs of the different groups.
The result vas shower of remonstrances
which convinced him that it was useless
to hope for majority in the chamber
His resignation leaves the situation most
complicated. Signor Biancheri has been
summoned by the King.
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France.
DE LEssEPs NOT FRIGHTENED

DE LESsEPS NOT FRIGHTENED.
LONDON, Feb. 24.-The Standards
Paris correspondent says that in an in
terview NJ. de Lesseps declares he learned
with pleasure the formation of the Mic
sraguan Company which he said would
improve the prospects of the Panama
Canal Company. The Nicsraguan canal
being fresh water body would be useful
as means of irrigation, and in tertiliz-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25

VIENNA, Feb. 24-Diplemats here sur
mise that the statements CT the Russian
press that Russia will abst. in from action
in Bulgaria until the relations between
France and Germany become more clearly
defined, are intended to divert the atten-
ton of the powers from Bulgaria, where
startling surprises may be unprecedented.
PRINCE ALEXANDER HAS SMALLPOX.
BERLIN, Feb. q 1t is ascertaIned that
Prince Alexander Of Batten5erg the de-
posed King of Bulgaria, who WAS re.
ported yesterday as lying i'll with gastric
fever at his fathers house in Darmstadt,
has smallpox.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
Rutsia.
NEW STEAMERS PURCHASED.

NEW STEAMERS PURCHASED.
LONDON, Feb. 24.-Russia hes just
purchased several large steamers for the
purpose, it is understood, OF transport
ing troops to FladivostOck.
HANGED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
BERLIN, Feb. 24.-It is reported that
three officers Implicated in the recently
discovered military plot have osen hanged
at St. Petersburg. The Russian govern
ment has strictly enioined official secrecy
respecting the conspiracy.
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England.
IN rHE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

IN TIE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
LONDON. Feb. 24.-In the Commons to-
night, Parnell moved exemption from the
cloture OF the measure increasing the
stringeucy of criminal law in Ireland.
Sir Michael Hicks Bach declared en-
phatically that the government declined
to entertain such proposal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25

DOMINION ELECTION RETURNS.

TORONTO, ONT, Feb. 2+.-Dominion
election returns received tonight show
the election of ITO Conservatives, Sc Lib
erals and I Independents. Eleven con-
stituencies are yet to be heard from.
These will be about equally divided be-
tween Conservatives and Liberals.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
Saint 30 Pays Up.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
SAINT 10, TEX, Feb. 25.-Mr. +. H..
Wells, representing Major Waltham of
the Gainesville, Henrietta and Western
Railroad, was here yesterday to receive
the part of bonds now due from Saint 10
to his company. It is said the gentleman
left well pleased with the way our citi-
zens met their obligations.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
Bulgaria.

SOLUTION OF THE BULGARIAN QUESTION.
CoNsTANTIN. PIE, Feb. "a -Gadban
Pasha, the special agent Of the Porte in Bull
garia who has been here on leave OF a6-
sence, it is said, after attending the min
isterial commission on the Bulgarian
question, informed the Grand Vizier that
the only solution Of the problem was in
the Russian occupation of Bulgaria and
Turkish occupation of Eastern Roume-
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Germany.


THE sEPTENNATE DEFEATED HIM.
BERLIN, Feb. "a The candidacy of
Herr BuIach, defeated by Herr Sieffer-
mon, professor in Alsace-LoIrane, by
ABOUT 10000 majority, YVES unopposed
ultll he declared himself in favor Of the
Septennate.
PRESS COMMENTS.
BERLIN, Feb. 24.-The National Zeitung
says the Conservative and National Lib
eral majority in the new Reichstag is I'M
disputed, although their numerical
msjority will inaugurate new era,
devoted to the work OF consolidating
and developing the empire, for the mem
bers Of these two parties, the Conserva-
tive and National Liberal, will act to-
gether, as formerly, and will endeayor to
remedy the errors Of the past.
The Tagblattisays: The majority de-
clqred against US. We bow TO the verdict
of the! national will, but we shall con-
tinue to uphold our party principles.
All the first resu IS Of the elections are
now known. Taking the uncontested
cases and forecasting the supplemental
contests as carefully as possible, the
combine opposition strength in the new
Reichstag is placed at Ia votes all told,
while the governments supporters are
estimated at 800.
THE LATEST RETURNS.
BERLIN, Feb. 24-The results in 1884
districts are d. tinitely known. The can
didates elected comprise 10 new German
Liberals, including who favor the Sep
tennate; 70 Conservatives, 30 Imperalists,
80 Nationalists, 30 Centerists, including
3 who support the army bills; 10 Poles,
Is Alsatians, Guelphs, l Dane and 6
Socialists. Reductions are necessary
in six districts. The Ultramontame
leader, Baron Won Franveristein, is re
elected.
A GERMAN BISHOPS OATH.
BERLIN, Feb. 24.- The royal order
prescribing the form of oath which the
Catholic bishops appointed to Sees in
Prussia shall take before being confirmed
by the state, ordains that each bishop
shall swear to be submissive, loyal,
obedient and devoted TO the King of
Prussia, require of his clergy and the
people Of his diocese veneration and
fidelity towards the King, love of the
fatherland, obedience to the states laws,
to refuse TO tolerate by any of his clergy
any teaching or action opposed to the
spirit of the VOWS taken by the Bishop in
taking oath, and to abstain from main
tanning either within or outside the
country any relations prejudical to
the security OF the country. The oath
concludes as follows: ~ promise to
keep all of this the more inviolable, as l
sm certain that by the oath took to the
Pope and church, did not bind myself to
anything that might be opposed to this
oath OF allegiance to the King"
ELECTIoNKERING FROM THE VATICAN.
ROME, Feb. 24.-Cardinal Jacobini,
Papal Secretary of State, has instructed
the papaI nuncio at Munich to urge the
members of the Center party in the Reich
stag and Laudtsg to vote for the septen-
nate bill and the new ecclesiastical bill.
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Houston and Texas Central nv,

THE ONLY ALL-sTEEL LINE IN THE STATE
Double daily trains each way. Through
Sleepers between New Oreans and ST.
Louis on Trains and 4, and between Galveston
and ST. Louis on Trains andg via Dallas,
Denison and Sed8lia. Sleeper between Hons
ton and Austin Through Tickets to all points.
Quickest route to New Orle Ms and points in
the Southeast. Choice of routes via Denison
steamship tickets to or from any point in
Europe.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25

An obstinate cold in the head is re-
lieved by few doses. of Red Star Cough
rurp "
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GuLE, COLORADO AND SANTA FE.

SOUTH BOUND.
SIail and eXuress. daily. $50 m $40 m
Accommodation, mixed train 200 p N
.NccO , notation mix ed rain STOP N
NORTH BOUND.
Mail and express, daily ...... S:i5 pm 9:O5 p m
Accommodation, mixed train i.i5 n
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RAILROADS.
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
MISSOURI PACIFIC

NORTH BOUND.
Arrive. Leave.
Laredo end st. Louis I i m 40 m
san Antonio and st. Louis. $40 p m 9:lOp m
SOUTH BOUND.
St Louts and Laredo. $50 p m 20 m
St Louis and san Antonio 700 m I:45 m
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TEXAS kND PACIFIC.
TRANSCONTINENTaL.

NORTH BOUND.
Fort Worth, Whitesboro and Arrive. Leave.
TeNarkana ................ 7:l5 am T:i5 q NJ
Fort Worth, sherman and
TeXarSana. -. 500 pm 9:lO p m
SOUTH BOUND.
TeVarkana, Whiteeboro and
Fort Worth -. 7:5Opm $40 m
TcXarkana, Sherman and
FOI Worth observation-disclosures. ECO a m I:+5 NJ
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FORT WORTH AND DENVER.
HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL.

Leave. Arrive.
Express trains............... $50 p m 1920 m
Mixed trains ................. $50 m l9:55 m
p. A. MILLER, Ticket Agent.
Depot near corner of jones street and lag
Gett a.enue. City office 4O3 Main street
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THE sEPTENNATE DEFEATED HIM.
BERLIN, Feb. "a The candidacy of
Herr Bulach, defeated by Herr Sieffer-
mon, professor in Alsace-LOIrane, by
ABOUT 10000 majority, Yves unopposed
uutll he declared himself in favor Of the
Septennate.
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A. FAULKNER, Gen. Pass. Agent Houston
T. "A, MILLER, Ticket Agent, Fort Worth.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-07
New York Lemonade Counter..

In all great down town thoroughfares lem
onade counters are to be seen, where a refresh
'ng ice cold drink. made while you watt" il
'old for 3 and cents according to the size of
the goblet. Some of these countsrs do =
thriving business. As much as $40 a day IL
made by one woman, who is in a certain good
neighborhood. White powdered sugar Is in
variably used, although every housekeeper
knows that brown is the sweeter and, there
fore. the better for the purpose. But there is
much In appearances, and, no doubt, the
drinker is better pleased when he receives his
lemonade from man or woman wearing a
neat white apron and has seen it sweetened
with white sugar, stirred with a bright metal
spoon. An idea Of the profit in soda water
may be gained from the fact that there are 1855
glasses in fountain. This costs rs cents.
A gallon Of syrup costs Is cents; profit, o. 40.
VI course rent, ice, attendance, etc., are to
be taken into consideration. but money Is to
be picked up where there's big crowd on a
bitter hot day.-New York Times.
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LAFAYErrE's RING AND SEALS

LAFAYETTE'S RING AND SEALS,
picture which hangs in our house Of repre-
sentatives He was tall and well propor
toned, portly but not fat His head was
large and his face oval and regular. His
forehead was lofty and open, and his
eyes were large and prominent. They
were of grayish blue and full OF
goodness and spirit. They were surmounted
with light AMI well arched but not bushy eve
hrows His nose was aquiline, his mouth
smiling, his complexion clear and his cheeks
rosy. AT the age Of ~ not a wrinkle fur
rowed his countenance. He had a strong and
vigorous constitution and kept his good health
10 the last. lie was simple in dress and was
remarkably clean and neat in his person. He
WAS very punctual in keeping his appoint
nenes, was highly cultured and great reader.
He was fond of the country, and his home at
Lagrange, situated about forty miles from
Paris, was one of the pleasantest estates in
France
This home was at the time of his death
hlled with mementoes of his love for the
Unitad States, and lie had many relics which
would be invaluable II they could lie
made part Of our National museum. Fror,
this old Frenchman's recollections | an.
able to give you the sketches of some O.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-07

and while here George Washington Parke
Gusts gave him a ring in which were locks
Of the hair Of George Washington and his
wife's braided together. The chestnut hair
in the middle Of the ring is Washington's and
the white hair on each side that Of his wife's
Around the hair are the words ''pater pa
triae," and on the sides "Mount Vernon" He
also had Washingtoii's decoration Of the Gin
cinnatus, and he had a cane which Franklin
used to carry. Franklin's granddaughter sent
Lafayette pin In which was the hair and
the cipher Of Franklin. It was used as a
scarf or shirt pin and is undoubtedly gen.
uine. But it will perhaps surprise the people
of today to think that Franklin was 80 vain
as to use anything Of the kind.
x**
During his visit to the United States Lafa-
yette was given a suit Of clothes by the
people of the Carolinas, and it was thought a
great thing then that these clothes were of
home manufacture. Tho coat had gold but
tons, and these were ornamented with the
face of Washington. Lafayette used habitu-
ally q seal which contained the head Of Wash
ington surrounded by rays, and he had two
swords given him while he was in the United
States. One was given by the Ninth artil-
lery regiment OF New York, and it had a
handle of ivory surmounted by an eagles
head Of carved gold. The other was pre-
-ented to him by congress, and I arm able to
rive you sketches of the blade of this. Its
handle and mounting were Of massy gold,
admirably carved and presenting variety
Of subjects 1t was given to Lafayette by
Franklin's grandson, on the part of the Amer
lean congress, as a testimony of gratitude
for the services which he had rendered the
nation.
LAFAYETTE died at n. His life was most
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-07
from the pine clad hills of Maine to the

from the pine clad hills Of Maine to the
golden shores Of Califor"- L -gtsr
81 don't know about Maine and Californy
in this connection" she says, interrupting of
me. Abut while you air putting liberty and
freedom and republics on exhibition, let me
call your attention to that field acrost yon-
der. where the sun comes down to kiss the
flowers. where the birds pour forth their
Gladstone songs, where liberty comes to bless
the horny handed voter, driving his wife and
a cow to harrow and him riding on the har-
rowi Where il your liberty, where is your
glorious republic Of the free in such scene
as that am used to seeing women made to
work her fingers ends of, but to this hour
never saw q cow quite % low" vf s4e.
Mandy was right. There 1t was, woman
and COW pulling at something and the man
driving, and somehow couldn't reply TO her
arguments Liberty does seem q little one
sided to me occasionally, but I don't see how
we can arrange it different at present.
Whatever effect Mandy's sarcastic remarks
may have had on my speech, they didn't ef-
feet my thought, and - we went along /
could feel some way or other in the air that
thar was no throne in France. The lower
class men looked more independent, they held
ther heads higher, they didn't cringe and
fawn like whipped whelps, because they knew
that liberty, equality and fraternity was
abroad in the land, and every citizen was
stakeholder in the combination.
A*s
Tho country between Bolone and Paris is
no more like England than q park is like
commons, but In France, man In the coun-
try feels like he was in the country, but in
England he feels all the time like there was
q big sign at every turn, keep of the
grass" and q policeman standing by the side
of it with club.
The farm houses are covered with cement
and have tile roofs and little windows, but
they don't live as comfortable as our hewed
log houses in Wayback.
These French farmers have way Of put
ting the stable, corn crib, pig pen, COW house
and barn under the same general roof with
themselves, and while I don't exactly find
fault with that style in others, don't want it
for my own home use.
The French style Of farming amt much
like the Wayback method either. Here thew
plant farm in strips. There'u be a row Of
clover, pink as a girls cheek that has Just
been tickled by mustache; then another of
mustard, as yellow as gold; then one Of oats,
another of some other shade of green and 50
on, each about forty foot wide, till the whole
country under cultivation looks az Mandy
says, Like crazy quilt. know it's mighty
purity, and I'm thinking of tryin' it on my
farm when git back again. Say something
special about this, Mr.. Editor, in your agri-
cultural column. That's one of the things
Pm travelling in foreign lands for.
The roads air first-class, too, and fer miles
through the country they air lined with
rows OF trees, like avenues in parks, making
the toot and scramble Chats French) very
fine indeed.
But must stop this letter. We air in Paris